Michael Goodin

He co-invented a widely used method of generating large amounts of expressed proteins in leaves infiltrated with Agrobacterium (with Ralf Dietzgen), and developed other techniques for plant molecular virology research.

[2][3][6] In addition to his academic teaching, Goodin promoted the study of biology in local schools and taught Kenyan students online.

Jackson describes this technique in 2021 as in "widespread use ... as a basic tool for plant biology studies" and also comments that it resulted in the highest-cited paper from his laboratory.

He helped to develop a minireplicon system for SYNV, which was the earliest successful one for a negative-stranded RNA virus of plants.

[2][4] He maintained a blog, The Green Orange Cafe, in which he published "thought-provoking essays that drew important connections between science and other aspects of life".

[2][3] The Michael Goodin Global Aspirations Award was established in his honor at the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment of the University of Kentucky in January 2021.